Improvement in spring-raisers for wagons



G. O. BISHOP.

Spring-Raiser for Wagons.

No. 215.561. Patented May,20, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. BISHOP, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO JOSEPH A. BISHOP, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING-RAISERS FOR WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,561, dated May 20,1879; application. filed October 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. BIsHoP, of the city of Nashville, countyof Davidson, and State of Tennessee, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Raisers for Platform-Wagons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to the raisers for the front part ofplatform-wagons.

The object of my invention is to provide raisers for the front carriagepart of platformwagons which will be simple, durable, strong, light, andnot liable to decay, and, further, so that the body or bed of the wagon'may be raised to any desired height.

The invention consists in the arrangement of two iron bars crossed andwelded in the center in connection with a fifth-wheel and a king-boltplate, so as to raise the body of the wagon to any desired height; andit finally consists in the particular construction and arrangement ofthe raiser-gearin g.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts,

Figure 1 shows the invention attached to an ordinary gearing. Fig. 2 isa sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is the king-bolt plate.

X represents the body of a plattorm-wagon. H represents the ordinarygearing or carriage part of a wagon. A is a fifth-wheel, made of iron. BB represent two arms, made of iron and joined in the center of thefifth-wheel. D is a king-bolt, made of iron. 0 is a hole for theking-bolt, E is an iron plate called a kin g-bolt plate.

The arms B B, the fifth-wheel A, and the king-bolt plate E are cast orwrought in one piece, with a hole, 0, in the center for the king-bolt D.B B maybe riveted to A where the arms intersect the circumference.

' What I claim is- 1. The spring-raisers B B, crossed upon and madeintegral with the upper plate of the fifthwheel, as specified.

2. The spring-raisers B B, crossed upon and made integral with the upperplate of the fifthwheel, in combination with the lower plate supportedupon the forward platform of a wagon, in the manner substantially asshown and described.

CHAS. O. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

J AS. EVERETT, J P. HUICHISON.

